MARKET
China's decision to not import corn late in the year is based on the assumption of a bountiful Argentine harvest. With South America's weather turning increasingly dry, this trading tactic could fated to backfire.
Two consecutive La Ninas and slack Chinese aquaculture have dampened but not crashed prices. How a constellation of supply, demand and inventory trends are forming the floors and roof of a historically high price range.
Destruction of both corn and cassava crops exposed Thailand's latent feed grain import dependence. Despite such serious challenges, strong domestic prices and export liberalisation may yet make for a strong recovery.
Thailand and Vietnam both experienced skyrocketing pork prices followed by a market crash. We examine the reasons and possible solutions to their swine market volatility.
Squeezed between rising costs, falling prices, imports and falling purchasing power, the Philippine swine sector faces an unprecedented squeeze.
Over 75 years old, Hy-Line International remains the poultry sector's oldest and most technologically advanced supplier of high productivity layers. Research and development director Dr. Neil O'Sullivan and international marketing manager Jerry Dreye discuss bird-flu resistant layers and other upcoming innovations.
CHINA
Why limited feed crop supplies and high meat prices may make this goal unreachable?
INDUSTRY
Leveraging human capital in its customer service, community involvement, employee relationships and R&D, ANDRITZ positioned itself as a leading supplier of feed mill technology.
Cargill finalises its purchase of Provimi, COFCO's new coastal mills to boost Chinese rapeseed imports, Bayer to roll out a decade of non-GMO wheat strains, Argentina approves Syngenta's triple stack GM corn, DuPont and Evogene to jointly develop rust-resistant soy seeds, feed costs and currency movements dent Marfrig's profits, ADM to build Canada's largest biofuel plant.
Pfizer's new Embrex Inovoject model m brings the benefits of automated, in ovo vaccination to small scale hatcheries, FOSS's new feed analyser streamlines nutrient analysis in the toughest feed mill settings, EW Nutrition's new LaktaStart meets bovine post-calving mineral requirements, while Adisseo's Quick-Phyt provides fast, accurate phytase level evaluation.
Kemira announces its incoming new president and CEO, Borregaard LignoTech appoints a new technical sales manager for Asia Pacific.
ANIMAL NUTRITION
An examination of mycotoxin contamination in feed and its implications for livestock production.
AGRIBUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
The role acidifiers play in swine performance, feed hygiene and food safety.
FEED EVENTS
Positioning the Philippine advantage in feed-to-meat safety.
Achievements, challenges and technologies for sustaining long-term growth.
The keynote event for East Asian feed and grain processing.
Two fares combine to a leading Indian agribusiness event.
All your key international events next few months.
